Christmas music . . .
. . . means different things to different people. In our house it’s usually classical and traditional. This morning, we had the Mormon Tabernacle choir belting out their repertoire. Barry remarked at one point, ‘It’s not quite King’s College, is it?’
The Tabernacle choir has a robust approach to music, exuberant and cheerful, but not subtle. It’s uplifting, though, and gets the blood pumping.
Did you jig along?
ReplyDeleteOf course!
DeleteSounds wonderful -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteIt was lively.
DeleteMy favourite is The Boar's Head. It captures medieval England so beautifully.
ReplyDeleteI just watched a video of the Boar's Head ceremony at Queen's College, Oxford. Lovely.
DeleteI have a playlist with different songs, carols, Welsh male voice choir, and various pop songs over the years, I love the songs from 40's and 50'best, one person missing is Cliff, sorry can't stand his music. I normally shuffle it daily, but this year I'm not playing ut everyday. It's a quieter household this year.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to have a selection to change according to mood. Sometimes, quiet is necessary.
Delete‘It’s not quite King’s College, is it?’ Does Barry always make cruel remarks in the run up to Christmas? As a gift for him, I suggest "Grumpy Old Men: The Official Handbook" by Stuart Prebble.
ReplyDeleteNot cruel, just an observation.
DeleteI love Xmas carols. The only place I hear Xmas songs, not many carols, is on the car radio. One of the Greek station plays nothing but English Xmas music for all the month
ReplyDeleteI wonder why that station plays English music?
DeleteI love Christmas music and enjoy a wide variety of it.
ReplyDeleteI bought one CD by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir years ago primarily to be able to listen to their version of The Hallelujah Chorus. For some reason that one always gets me.
It's powerful music.
DeleteMusic can do so much, can't it! Of course I have my firm favourites, German carols I was taught as a child, but the only actual Christmas music I own is a CD from the Thurnscoe Male Choir, where my late husband's late Uncle Jim sang. Thurnscoe is the former mining village in South Yorkshire where the Riley family originally came from (well, once they were in England - further back, they came from Ireland). The CD is rather touching, and usually I listen to it while writing my Christmas cards.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds a lovely and very meaningful tradition. I do like male voice choirs.
DeleteHello Janice,
ReplyDeleteWell, we would certainly be firmly in Barry's camp when it comes to Christmas music.
Messiah on repeat , always standing for the Hallelujah chorus, interspersed with 'O Holy Night' both by King's College Cambridge and we do like to have the vintage Stephen Cleobury versions. Yes, this is the sound of Christmas to us.
Kindred spirits.
DeleteDefinitely the right time of year for uplifting music.
ReplyDeleteGood on a bright day and even better on a dull one.
DeleteThis brought up a memory for me of once having attended a bells concert live, although far from this big. Can't even recall when or in which church, only that the bell-ringing was unusual. I do think it was an American choir visiting (but not Mormons). - I have several Christmas albums of various kind and some of them get played this time of year. Years now since I last bought any new CDs though... I tend to stick to old favourites!
ReplyDeleteOld favourites are reliable.
DeleteI haven't had a listen yet, but I fully admit that I'm partial to traditional Christmas carols. Not so much the popular Christmas songs. And preferably not before mid December :-) xxx
ReplyDeleteI'm not keen on popular music most of the time . . . 😳
DeleteI love listening to Christmas music at night when I go to bed. it is so refreshing and yet so relaxing...
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice routine.
DeleteI have a mix of favorites from Bing Crosby to the modern ones.
ReplyDeleteMaking a mix of personal favourites is a pleasure.
DeleteI too enjoy good Christmas music and have a CD of Mormon Choir. Got to sit in on one of their practices once but was very disappointed, they didn't sing much. The director kept stopping them to talk.
ReplyDeleteThat was disappointing. I imagine singing in a choir like that is very uplifting.
DeleteWell, they're singing in wide-open spaces, out there in Utah!
ReplyDeleteTrue!
DeleteI grew up with no music playing in our home, but we did sing the old Carol hymns at church. I am in the minority and do not listen to Chrismtmas music unless it is in a movie I am watching. when young I did house work to old time rock and roll music but never play music at home. the Christmas music playing in the back ground of all the commercials makes me crazy. same few notes over and over and over and gets Jingle bells running in my head. I also avoid restaurants that play music..
ReplyDeleteThe trouble with music in shops or restaurants is that it's not a personal choice and can be very irritating!
DeleteI enjoy a wide variety of Christmas music.
ReplyDeleteVariety is good.
DeleteLike many others have commented ... I too enjoy listening to a wide variety of Christmas Music.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
'Variety is the spice of life' as the old saying goes.
DeleteI think I prefer Thelma's second Christmas song, sorry.
ReplyDeleteSo do I!
DeleteI listened but didn't enjoy that at all, it doesn't seem at all "uplifting" to me.
ReplyDeleteIt's quite noisy!
DeleteI enjoy hearing Christmas music of any kind
ReplyDeleteYou get the best of everything that way. 😊
DeleteI enjoy all kinds of Christmas music! Irish is my favorite, and classical.
ReplyDeleteI would an accept music from each of those choirs.
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